Waymarking Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Waymarking stone.
Waymarking Stone
- WRENN ID
- eternal-parapet-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1988
- Type
- Waymarking stone
- Address
- Waymarking Stone, White Cross Lane, St. Newlyn East
- OS grid reference
- SW 870 581
- Coordinates
- 50.38425, -4.997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Waymarking stone, probably from the early 19th century. It is made of painted granite and stands approximately 1 meter high, tapering to a splayed top. The west face features painted incised lettering that reads "ST COLUMB NEWLYN" along with a bench mark at 279.1 feet above ordnance datum. The east face is marked with the name "MITCHELL."
Local climate
Waymarking Stone receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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